19791108055149I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · Sacramento, CA · November 8, 1979

Date
November 8, 1979 · 21:45 local
Place
Sacramento, CA
Airport
Metro
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
WAL
Aircraft
N289W
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
43
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

After takeoff, aircraft needed excessive left rudder, aileron trim. Flap toggle bearings, tracks were lubricated.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER TAKEOFF, AIRCRAFT NEEDED EXCESSIVE LEFT RUDDER, AILERON TRIM. FLAP TOGGLE BEARINGS, TRACKS WERE LUBRICATED.